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Ring filter synthesis and its BiCMOS 60 GHz implementation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2018

Pedro Rynkiewicz ,
Anne-Laure Franc Open the ORCID record for Anne-Laure Franc [Opens in a new window] ,
Fabio Coccetti ,
Matthias Wietstruck ,
Christian Wipf ,
Selin Tolunay Wipf ,
Mehmet Kaynak  and
Gaëtan Prigent
Pedro Rynkiewicz
Affiliation:
LAPLACE, University of Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Anne-Laure Franc*
Affiliation:
LAPLACE, University of Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Fabio Coccetti
Affiliation:
RF Microtech France, Toulouse, France
Matthias Wietstruck
Affiliation:
IHP, Im Technologiepark 25, 15236 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
Christian Wipf
Affiliation:
IHP, Im Technologiepark 25, 15236 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
Selin Tolunay Wipf
Affiliation:
IHP, Im Technologiepark 25, 15236 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
Mehmet Kaynak
Affiliation:
IHP, Im Technologiepark 25, 15236 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
Gaëtan Prigent
Affiliation:
LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse France
*
Author for correspondence: A.-L. Franc, E-mail: anne-laure.franc@laplace.univ-tlse.fr
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Abstract

The detailed synthesis of a direct access ring filter topology fully controlled with the following targeted specification (center frequency, low transmission zero frequency, and matching level in the passband) is hereby presented. For this topology, the lowest achievable bandwidth is limited by technological constraints. Thereby a solution consisting in adding capacitive loads is proposed. The associated synthesis is also given and discussed. Both syntheses are illustrated with 60 GHz integrated planar filters implemented in the IHP 130 nm BiCMOS technology. Various 3 dB fractional bandwidths from 18 to 8% are targeted, some of them require the implementation of the capacitive loaded solution. The latter allows us to lower the bandwidth limit of the nominal topology as well as to get a high miniaturization, up to 3.4, depending on the capacitance value. Thanks to good measurement results, this implementation highlights the high efficiency, reliability, and versatility of the synthesis without the need of tuning simulations or post-simulations.

Keywords

Filterspassive components and circuitssynthesis
Type
Research Papers
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , April 2018 , pp. 291 - 300
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2018 

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